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Watch out Qantas, rivals Qatar Airways and Air New Zealand revamp interiors to attract customers
Qantas competitors’ Qatar Airways and Air New Zealand are among a string of airlines rolling out new cabin features that ...
Qantas marks 90 years of international flights as its network expansion is held back by fleet
Qantas is celebrating 90 years of international flights. It’s 90 years to the day when it carried two people on a DH86 ...
Qantas chalks up nine decades of international flights
Australia’s first international passenger flight left Brisbane for Singapore on 17 April 1935 on a DH86 aircraft, carrying ...
The airlines, museums and deserts where old Qantas 717 and Boeing 747 planes end up
With an average fleet age of a teenager, Qantas doesn’t get rid of aircraft too often. But when it does, other airlines and ...
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Qantas says new planes will end battle for overhead luggage space
It still has an order for 660 new aircraft. Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson aboard an unfinished Airbus 321 XLR in Hamburg, Germany. But Hudson said investors “buy in on business fundaments ...
Double-decker passenger planes are a dying breed. These airlines are keeping them alive
Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.
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Flying 22 Hours From New York To Sydney Might Not Be So Bad With Qantas' New Economy Cabin
The 22-hour flight from New York City to Sydney has not yet been launched, but passengers can look forward to a surprisingly ...
Australia’s Qantas marks 90 years in S’pore, its first international destination
On April 17, 1935, a four-engine DH86 aircraft carrying two passengers landed at Kallang Airport. Read more at ...
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Qantas rips covers off new A321XLR with extra toilet and super-sized overhead bins
Qantas has revealed two key features of its new A321XLR aircraft — at the same time as defending the glacial pace of the domestic fleet renewal. The airline has 28 A321XLRs on order, with the ...
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Qantas fares will soar in a Trump market. It’s the airline’s own fault
Qantas has 60 new aircraft on order, and at least six will be delivered by the end of 2025. Delivery payments for new aircraft, many from Airbus as well as 12 787s from Boeing, are generally ...